Six cases of the more transmissible variant of Covid-19, first identified in the UK, have been confirmed in India. The six individuals who returned from the UK are being kept in isolation, officials said on Tuesday.
India joined a list of other countries last week in suspending flights to and from the UK.
Officials have begun contact-tracing close contacts and family members of the six who tested positive for the new variant.
The new variant is considerably more transmissible than previous strains but not necessarily any more dangerous, experts say.
With more than 10 million confirmed cases so far, India has the second-highest caseload in the world after the US.
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Source: BBC NEWS
